Greek political crisis is in fact an ideological confusion.  Since the dominant Paradigm has reached a deadlock everything seems at a deadlock.

Sure, it may be because we live in a globalized world, but many of the problems US President Barack Obama referred to in his inauguration address are common to Greece. The new US president said «that we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood… Our economy is badly weakened… Our…

After carrying out 16 letter bomb attacks that killed three people and injured another 10, the Unabomber decided to come clean in 1995. He sent a rambling letter explaining his position and promising that if it was published in two authoritative newspapers he would stop. Despite the US Justice…

Diamantis Mantzounis, 21 years old, a rookie policeman. As you read these words, he is fighting for his life. All he probably wanted to do was get through his shift and get some rest, go out with his friends, see his girlfriend and check in with his parents to say that he was OK. Instead, he is…

    Greece’s problem is not an absence of leaders who offer magical solutions, it is the weakness of its democracy to teach society how best to learn from crisis.

    All those who lambaste the political system for its failure to produce an Obama for Greece would rather hand air time over to his absolute opposites, every night.

    The biggest problem with great leaders is not just that they are hard to come by. It is not even the fact they often prove destructive rather than creative.

The people whose names were published because of their alleged involvement in the case of the possession and distribution of child pornography are neither pederasts nor pedophiles. They have not been proved to have been in possession of child pornography or distributing it; they have only been…

The organizers of Greece’s national examinations for university entrance caused a fuss with their decision to help candidates by providing some helpful notes to accompany a question on a poem by George Seferis. The move confirmed that Education Ministry officials question the ability of pupils to…

One of the paradoxes in Greece is that we have managed to banish an entire system of ideas (from universities, bookshops and the media), while at the same time we lament its absence. Although we are keen to lash out at so-called neoliberalism, few are interested in finding out what it stands for….

Strange as it may seem, the roots of the ills presently dogging Greece’s state universities can be traced to a democratic overture made back in 1982. It was a draft law aimed at strengthening democratic procedures in the country’s university institutions by promoting student participation in…

Fortunately Greece has not been hit by a major natural disaster. It has not been struck by an earthquake on the scale of the one that rocked China, nor has it been swept by a cyclone like the one that has devastated Burma. Nevertheless, it is in a state of constant crisis. A series of political…

We shouldn’t forget that not so long ago Greece experienced shortages of bread as well as of gasoline. The price of a loaf of bread was controlled, putting bakers and government at loggerheads every year. The victims of this price war were of course consumers. Bakeries would go on strike and the…

Yale University President Richard Levin gave a very interesting interview to the Greek press on Tuesday, during which he explained the necessity for globalizing the education sector. Levin said educational institutions must change their curricula to reflect the changes in the world today, while…

According to recent reports in the Greek media, Washington is not at all enamored by Greece’s energy deal with Russia, after Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement for the South Stream natural gas pipeline earlier this week. In fact, reports from…

The strange thing isn’t the revival of myths about Henry Kissinger and the Greek language referred to by Pantelis Boukalas (commentary of April 15 in Kathimerini). What is even stranger is the ease with which they are revived, not only in coffee houses but in the major media, and even in…

If we were to take to the letter the government spokesman’s statement that protests against China’s occupation of Tibet go against the spirit of the Olympic Games, we would also have to ask the following question: Is it in accordance with the Olympic spirit for the Greek Olympic Committee and the…

Now that the battle over pension reform is over, it is time to think what has been won and what has been lost on an individual as well as a collective level. First of all, we should repeat the obvious: There is no solution to Greece’s social security problem. Not because of workers’ reactions or…

Naturally enough, the Greek blogosphere to a large extent mirrors Greek society, with its ideological perceptions, fixations and phobias. Yet among all the rehashing of the politically, socially and nationally correct, there are valuable perceptions to be found. Blogs are able to highlight a…

What is all the fuss about the Holy Synod’s opposition to the cohabitation bill? After all, the Church has clearly stated that any relationship which it has not sanctified is tantamount to «prostitution.» And to be fair to the bishops, according to Christian teachings in general, erotic…